animation in WordNet English dictionary

1. the condition of living or the state of being alive
   "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes"
   animation  life  living  aliveness 
   
2. the making of animated cartoons
   animation 
   
3. general activity and motion
   liveliness  animation 
   
4. the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something
   vivification  invigoration  animation 
   
5. the property of being able to survive and grow
   "the vitality of a seed"
   animation  vitality 
   
6. quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
   animation  spiritedness  invigoration  brio  vivification